In Natalia's Words

Natalia, a Sophomore in Course 8 (Physics), also wrote a short note about her experiences at Summit!  Natalia has been in a Bible Study lead by one of our student missionaries (Maita) for more than a year.  She is also being discipled by Maita and will be beginning a Bible Study of her own this semester! (She made her first invitation just yesterday!) Here's what she had to say about the Summit and the March: 


"I came back from Summit and the March for Life renewed in my faith and newly committed to serving Christ, but I didn’t fully realize how much Summit had changed me until about a week after we had returned to MIT. I found myself sitting across from one of my friends at the dinner table, sharing with him a gospel presentation. It occurred to me that before going to Baltimore, I had known everything that I told him that evening, but it was at Summit that I took the leap from knowing my faith to sharing my faith. I said yes to a question I had hesitated to answer before, giving my life to Christ and to his work, my vocation as a student, but also my call as a student missionary. "


Praise God for these beautiful women and their commitment to sharing the love of Christ with their peers!

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  1. AnonymousFebruary 19, 2012 at 1:43 PM

    I'm following your blog. Very nice. Keep up the good work.
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    1. Ann GennaroFebruary 21, 2012 at 7:37 PM

      Haha! Thanks, Aunt Melissa! So glad you're following my blog and are now privy to the wild and crazy adventures I experience at MIT!

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